diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index bd817bce80..1369edde46 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ single_version_override(
     version = "3.8.2.bcr.7",
 )
 
-# tclZipfs.c's '#include "crypt.h"' picks up glibc's crypt.h instead of
-# the vendored minizip one when glibc headers are explicit -isystem
-# directories (hermetic-llvm zero-sysroot toolchain). Drop when fixed
-# in a tcl_lang BCR release.
-single_version_override(
-    module_name = "tcl_lang",
-    patch_strip = 1,
-    patches = [
-        "//patches/tcl_lang:0001-tclZipfs-include-vendored-minizip-crypt.h-by-path.patch",
-    ],
-)
 
 bazel_dep(name = "openroad", dev_dependency = True)
 local_path_override(
diff --git a/patches/tcl_lang/0001-tclZipfs-include-vendored-minizip-crypt.h-by-path.patch b/patches/tcl_lang/0001-tclZipfs-include-vendored-minizip-crypt.h-by-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11bf1388c8..0000000000
--- a/patches/tcl_lang/0001-tclZipfs-include-vendored-minizip-crypt.h-by-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-tclZipfs.c includes the vendored minizip crypt.h as #include "crypt.h",
-relying on compat/zlib/contrib/minizip preceding any system directory
-that also has a crypt.h. Hermetic toolchains that provide glibc headers
-as explicit -isystem directories (e.g. the hermetic-llvm cc_toolchain)
-search glibc's crypt.h (Unix password hashing) first, and the build
-fails with implicit declarations of init_keys/decrypt_byte/zencode.
-Include the intended header by its unambiguous path relative to the
-compat/zlib include root instead.
-
---- a/generic/tclZipfs.c
-+++ b/generic/tclZipfs.c
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
-     } while (0)
- 
- #include "zlib.h"
--#include "crypt.h"
-+#include "contrib/minizip/crypt.h"
- #include "zutil.h"
- #include "crc32.h"
-